Kennard-Washington Hall – Hattiesburg MS

City:
Hattiesburg, MS

Site Type:
Education and Health, Colleges and Universities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Federal Works Agency (FWA)

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Designer:
Shaw & Woleben

Quality of Information:
Very Good

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The University of Southern Mississippi’s library, now known as Kennard-Washington Hall and serving as administrative offices, was constructed as PWA project x1370. The Georgian Revival style building was approved in September 1938 and construction began 12/19/1938. A grant of $38,863 was received toward the total cost of $86,363. Construction was completed November 10, 1939. “The two-story brick building has a hipped roof with a balustraded widow’s walk, and was originally cross-shaped, but the northeast quadrant was infilled with a one-story brick addition” (Gatlin, 2010, p. .18). The interior features a two-story rotunda with dome, supported by columns. The building is marked with an internal plaque identifying it as a Public Works Administration project.

Source notes

Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Historic Resources Inventory. Retrieved from www.apps.mdah.ms.gov/Public/prop.aspx?view=facts

Gatlin, W. (2010) Nomination form, University of Southern Mississippi Historic District, NRHP.

Report No. 5 Status of Completed Non-Federal Allotted Projects, region 3, Mississippi. (January 3, 1940). Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works Projects Division, p. 106.

Site originally submitted by Susan Allen on April 15, 2019.

Location Info


East Memorial Drive
Hattiesburg, MS 39406
Forrest County

Coordinates: 31.326573, -89.331348

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